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The Shipman's Tale, also known as the Sailor's Tale. From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Canterbury Tales 

The Sailor’s Prologue

November 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE SAILOR’S PROLOGUE Our host upon his stirrups stood, anon, And said: “Good men, now hearken, every one; This was

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The Shipman's Tale, also known as the Sailor's Tale. From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Canterbury Tales 

The Sailor’s Tale

October 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE SAILOR’S TALE A merchant, dwelling, once, at Saint Denis, Was rich, for which men held him wise, and he

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The Prioress from Canterbury Tales. Woodcut from a William Caxton publication of Chaucer's works
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The Prioresses Prologue

October 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE PRIORESS’S PROLOGUE The Merry Words of the Host to the Sailor and to My Lady Prioress Well said, by

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The Monks Tale
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The Monk’s Tale

October 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 1 Comment

THE MONK’S TALE De Casibus Virorum Illustrium I will bewail in manner of tragedy The ills of those that stood

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Pardoner's Tale
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The Pardoner’s Tale

October 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE PARDONER’S TALE In Flanders, once, there was a company Of young companions given to folly, Riot and gambling, brothels

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The Reeve's Tale
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The Reeve’s Prologue

October 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE REEVE’S PROLOGUE When folk had laughed their fill at this nice pass Of Absalom and clever Nicholas, Then divers

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Geoffrey Chaucer reading
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The Tale of Melibee

September 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE TALE OF MELIBEE A young man named Melibee, mighty and rich, begot on Prudence, his wife, a daughter who

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Monk shown in the Ellesmere Chaucer
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The Monk’s Prologue

September 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE MONK’S PROLOGUE The Merry Words of the Host to the Monk When ended was my tale of Melibee And

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The Nun's Priest
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Epilogue to the Nun’s Priest’s Tale

September 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

EPILOGUE TO THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE “Sir nun’s priest,” said our host, and that anon, “Now blessed be your breech

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Physician's Tale
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The Physician’s Tale

September 20, 2021December 20, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments

THE PHYSICIAN’S TALE There was, as tells us Titus Livius, A knight whose name was called Virginius, Fulfilled of honour

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